New South Wales Z29 class locomotive

New South Wales Z29 Class

J.483 (Z29) Class Locomotive
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Designer Baldwin Locomotive Works
Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works
Total produced 20[1]
Specifications
Configuration 2-8-0[1]
Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)[1]
Driver dia. 4ft 3in
Total weight 100.6 tons[1]
Firebox:
 • Firegrate area		 32 sq. ft[1]
Boiler pressure 150lb (140lb superheated)[1]
Cylinders 2 (501, 502 with 4 until 1896)[1]
Cylinder size 21 x 26 (superheated 22 x 26)[1]
Performance figures
Tractive effort 26,979lb (29,363lb superheated)[1]
Career
Number in class 20[1]
Numbers 483-502 (1889 system); 2901-2920 (1924 system, some not renumbered)[1]
First run 30 September 1891, all in service within two months[1]
Retired 2918 in April 1935[1]
Scrapped December 1937[1]
Disposition All scrapped

The Z29 class (formerly J.483 class) was a class of steam locomotives built for the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia for transport and goods transport up the steep gradients of rail track in the Blue Mountains.[2][3][4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Oberg, Leon (1975). Locomotives of Australia. p. 74. ISBN 0 589 07173 4.
  2. ↑ Preston, Ron G (1984). Tender into Tank. Sydney: New South Wales Rail Transport Museum. pp. 11–57. ISBN 0 909862 18 4.
  3. ↑ Grunbach, Alex (1989). A Compendium of New South Wales Steam Locomotives. Sydney: Australian Railway Historical Society, NSW Division. pp. 41–45. ISBN 0 909650 27 6.
  4. ↑ New South Wales Railways 1855-1955. Published by Department of Railways
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